PresenTense enabled my own creativity and connected me to a community of innovators.

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yCombinator is an inspiration for the PresenTense Institute, and its founder, Paul Graham, is a favorite essayist of ours. One of our favorites, and something we recommend to every one of our fellows, is his essay How not to Die. Hot off the feeds is another article that may become a favorite - A Fundraising Survival Guide.

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Digital Shitck and Illuminea team up (and PresenTense Cosponsors) to put together the amazing Amuta 2.0 program on August 31st. I'll be speaking, and, more excitingly, social media expert Jeff Pulver will be there. Check it out at http://amuta20.com or read the invite below.

 

You say Diddle. Really, you must read eJewish Philanthropy's post on Hey Yiddle Diddle Productions, the new company launched by PresenTense Fellow and cartoonist extraordinaire, Chari Pere: http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/hey-yiddle-diddle/


Don't miss the comprehensive piece by Dan Brown at http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/yavnet-connecting-content-and-technology/


Check out Dan Brown's recent post on PresenTense Fellows' Jamie Zebrak and Jodi Meyerowitz's Shomer Achi project: http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/connecting-with-people/

The 2008 summer session is over, but the momentum is growing within PresenTense to build out the projects of the summer into powerhouses for Jewish innovation. Already fellows are signing partnerships, recruiting friends and participants, creating content, and raising investment. We'll have full updates soon!

In the meantime, check out over a thousand pictures from the summer.

It's 11:48am and we've been packing boxes all morning -- the summer Institute is over, and with it the sacred space of the Institute is in transition...and that made me wonder: how did the Israelites find the Mishkan as they were taking it apart in order to move it?

If you didn't make it to Jerusalem on July 31st, check out this video. You'll get a picture of what went on this summer, and get a brief look at the 15 ventures coming out of the PresenTense Institute.

PresenTense's final "Windows Into the Future" begins tonight at 6pm in Jerusalem. There, the summer 2008 fellows of PresenTense will be pitching their ventures to the community. It's not just the culmination event of their work, but a testimony to the hours of support that volunteers, coaches, mentors, friends, colleagues, peers, and teachers, and more have invested in the fellows' projects. We're looking forward to seeing you there---please shoot us an email if you have any questions.


Erel Margalit is an entrepreneur, venture capalist, and social pioneer who is one of the driving forces behind the re-enlivening of Jerusalem. See him speak at PresenTense.

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